Library Services

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PHILOMENA WANDERA – LIBRARIAN

Welcome to Bondo Technical Training Institute Library:
Mission
To provide quality information resources and services that are relevant to the courses offered at BONDO TTI.
Vision

To be the best Information Resource Centre in the identification and satisfaction of users’ information needs

Core values

  • Professionalism
  • Quality
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Teamwork
  • Punctuality

Strategic objectives

To promote collaboration and partnership for exchange and resource sharing.
To enhance library facilities, environment, and staff capacity for effective service delivery.
To provide access to information for teaching, learning, and research.

Core mandate
The core mandate of the library is to acquire and disseminate information that is relevant to the needs of its users. The library helps students and members of staff to do research by making all the information resources easily accessible and providing a conducive reading environment.

Library collections
The selection, acquisition, dissemination, and use of library collections are guided by the library policy.

Library Services
Library books are classified and arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification Scheme.

Circulation and Readers’ Information Services:
This comprises lending, returning, and renewing of books, Short-Loan and Reserve services, Library Orientation, Membership registration, and Customer care services.

Serials and Reference Services
This includes facilitated access to assorted publications for research including journals, trade magazines, KNEC past-exam papers, and research projects. It also includes Current Awareness Services.

Technical Processing
All information materials received in the library are processed by capturing bibliographic details – classification and cataloging to facilitate easy identification, organization, and retrieval of the required information.

ICT Services:
The ICT section is ideal for conducting online research from various information-rich databases to access academic e-resources through reliable internet and Wi-Fi.

Library Orientation and Registration:
The library staff orients all new Library users enabling them to get familiarized with the library facilities, information sources, principles, and services offered.

Library staff
The library has highly qualified staff with the capacity to assist library users in meeting their information needs.

Library Clearance:
All clients leaving the College on completion of their studies or otherwise must clear with the library.

Library Rules and Regulations:

REPOSITORY

  1. BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING